Petruth Paddocks

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  • Spacious, relaxing and free-range camping with clean facilities
  • Stunning views overlooking the Mendip Hills and Somerset Levels
  • Fires encouraged: pits, kindling and logs delivered at a small charge
Want to get away from it all, chill out and do some free-range camping? Check out Petruth Paddocks. Jules and the team have made it their mission to ensure all guests have a seriously laidback time: you won’t find overly zealous wardens prowling about here, and open fires are positively encouraged – fire drums, kindling, logs and lighters can be delivered to your door every evening for a small charge. (Please don't bring your own wood, as the team need to know what's being burnt on site.) Take the Strawberry Line by foot or bike for half an hour from the Petruth Paddocks gate to arrive at Cheddar Gorge, or continue on and take the old railway line path to Yatton, where trains hauled strawberries from the slopes of Cheddar to the early morning markets in east London over half a century ago. The bottom gate of the site goes directly to the Somerset Levels and there are marked walking and nature trails all around from Cheddar Gorge. The site has stunning views overlooking the Mendip Hills in one direction and towards the Somerset Levels in the other. There’s loads of open space for the kids to run about in, get to know other and make new friends; Jules often gives trailer rides to kids at weekends too and farm tours can be arranged depending on guest numbers. Bathroom facilities (with modern individual toilet and shower cubicles – and lots of them too) have been highly praised by previous guests, and the piping hot high-pressure showers, well-maintained toilets and washing-up sinks are all cleaned twice a day. The team operate a strict recycling policy: guests are asked to bring five rubbish sacks and the Petruth staff will explain their system when you arrive. Petruth Paddocks welcomes families, singles, couples and groups. Well-behaved dogs of all shapes and sizes are welcome... as long as they come with well-behaved owners who pick up after them... Food and coffee are served throughout the day on weekends, every day throughout the school holidays.

Site type

Rent a tent 5
Tent pitches 200
Touring caravan pitches 200
Motorhome pitches 200
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 2
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Single-sex bookings of 10 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • A cable measuring at least 10 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Music must be turned off at 10pm in the Family Field and 11pm in the Chill-out Field, after which voices must be lowered. Pets are not permitted on the furniture in the accommodation units. Please state a group name in your booking notes if you would like to be pitched as a group – maximum 10 people. Adult groups of 5-10 people will be charged a £150 good behaviour bond ; the site will contact you 2 weeks before arrival to collect a card payment. Electric pitches: the electric hook-up cost includes 8 kWh per stay. Further usage is metered on site at £0.37 per kWh and must be topped up at reception. Unused credit can be refunded at the end of your stay, make a note of your balance and visit reception to arrange. Black sacks are not allowed on site, guests will be provided with sacks and buckets for transporting rubbish to the recycling point.

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Reviews

9.5

Overall rating from 511 Pitchup.com customers

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Peaceful

96% would recommend this site to a friend

93% would stay here again

What customers say

This well-organised, spacious campsite is praised for its excellent facilities, particularly the numerous, clean showers and toilets. Staff are consistently described as friendly, helpful, and welcoming. The location is ideal for walking to Cheddar village and attractions. While many highlight the lively, family-friendly atmosphere with on-site entertainment and food options, some guests found it busy and noisy, particularly during peak times. Issues with pitch spacing and occasional cleanliness concerns in facilities were noted, though management often addressed these promptly.

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First class experience all the way!…

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Jo W. 1 review

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked First class experience all the way! Super friendly staff, lots to do, excellent pitches, amazing toilet & shower block. Easy walk to Cheddar & the Sunday car boot. Highly recommend and will definitely be returning.

Disliked Nothing

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Linda L. 2 reviews

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked The live music, hot showers and clean toilets

Recommend to friends Visit again

Staff, facilities, showers, toilet's, quieter adult…

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 Louise L. 1 review

Electric grass pitch

Liked Staff, facilities, showers, toilet's, quieter adult area, weekend entertainment, large pitches

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site.

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Anonymous

Electric grass pitch

Liked The site was in a lovely location . 10 minute walk into cheddar.
Staff very friendly and helpful. Pitches large.

Disliked The young lad who cleaned the toilets was brilliant cleaned the toilets and showers within an inch of their life.
However, people using facilities not so good. Toilets back to being misused within an hour. Such a shame.

Recommend to friends Visit again

A really good campsite not spoiled by noisy bars, clubs etc,

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Simon W. 1 review

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked Lovely relaxed atmosphere, clean, spacious, very welcoming and helpful staff. They have different fields for those who want a quiet site, we opted for the family fields as we were camping with Grandson, excellent simple play areas with old tractors, landrovers, golf buggys, all made safe and fixed, old electrical wooden drums of different heights, tractor tyres etc. Slides tree trunks...you name it and the kids love it.
Love the breakfast cafe, Pizzas, weekends and school holidays (remember to order)a double decker bus, turned into a bar, surrounded by tables, with a fiire pit in the middle, acoustic music Fri eve.
Strict 11pm curfew on sound and play.
Biker friendly too.
Toilets and shower blocks are plentiful, clean and spacious with a dish washing area, excellent recycling, waste system, chemical toilet emptying facility and great little shop selling food essentials, local meat and a selection of wines, local beers/ciders, soft drinks, ice cream and teas/coffees. Well within walking distance of Cheddar village or 5 mins drive.

Disliked Having to leave and come home🙄

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Ruime grote plaats. Lokatie camping tov winkel…

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Anonymous

Electric grass pitch

Liked Ruime grote plaats.
Lokatie camping tov winkel en cheddar gorge en steden in omgeving

Disliked Geen of weinig schaduw. Slechte ventilatie douchehokjes en slechte waterafvoer.

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Great.

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Louise M. 1 review

Electric grass pitch

Liked Excellent location. Good sized pitches.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Toilets and showers aside, still well recommended and would return.

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Anonymous

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Excellent location. Large campsite with plenty of room. Although we weren't there for the main entertainment days, the area where the cocktail bus was a great extra. Breakfast and coffee facilities also available although we didn't use ourselves, but other people we spoke to gave good reviews, and the prices for food and drinks looked fair. Could not fault the staff, they were very helpful and friendly. No Wifi but strong 5G signal (for me on EE anyway). A good atmosphere all round.

Disliked The toilets, although were reasonably well maintained (they can't be expected to clean up everyone's mess straight away, that is down to the campers themselves in my opinion), they weren't as good as we had hoped. As they are essentially pre-fabricated toilet units dropped into place, they are more like high-end festival loos. We were expecting an actual toilet and shower building for a site of this size and cost. The showers lost pressure and fluctuated in temperature a lot when several were being used at once.
The toilets had a short flush as well, which meant that it sometimes took several flushes to clear, please note that not everyone seems to have the common to look back after they have flushed! Also using toilet tissue sheets rather than toilet rolls means that people sometimes only get a broken bit at a time, which often ends up on the floor. Which I understand is a campers thing, not down to the staff.
Only £3 electric included, we hardly use any electricity as we have a solar panel and rarely use the 240V, but somehow the £3 still didn't last very long.

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Sally J. 7 reviews

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked Good location, plenty of facilities, well run, friendly staff. Flexibility on allocated space, i.e. I could choose a space closer to the facilities than at first suggested. Evening bar and morning breakfast van create good atmosphere and possibilities to link up with other campers. Good shower units etc. EV charging facility. Within walking distance of Cheddar village, albeit quite a long walk to caves.

Disliked No place to refreeze ice-packs, which was the only downside really.

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Site is very clean, plenty of…

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tracey w. 7 reviews

Electric grass pitch

Liked Site is very clean, plenty of toilets and showers. Friendly staff. Walking distance to chedder gorge.

Disliked The bus bar was only open Monday and not Tuesday. ( Only stayed 2 nights).

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site cafe On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Tents for hire Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent pitches

Themes

Budget/backpacker Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Very large (over 200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Seasonal pitches Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Petruth Paddocks

Labourham Drove

Cheddar

Somerset

England

BS27 3XW

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.26792°N
2.77276°W

Route directions

Use postcode BS27 3XW for your satnav but please stop following it and start following the directions below when you are a couple of miles away - that way you'll not end up on an unmade road or on the site drive. If you are approaching Cheddar from the west, and you are towing a caravan or driving a large motorhome, then please exit the M5 motorway at junction 22, not 21. Travel along the A371 through the centre of Cheddar village. You will pass Tesco on your right and the Bath Arms on your left. Continue on this road passing St Andrew's Church followed by Cheddar Football Club on your right. After a further 250 yards, take a right turn off the A371 into Labourham Way. Take an immediate left, slow to walking pace and you’ll see our large sign in front of you – simply take a sharp left through the gateway and follow the track into the carpark. If you are approaching Cheddar from the east, and you are towing a caravan or driving a large motorhome on the B3135, please do not turn left signposted Gliding Club, but continue down the Gorge. Travel along the A371 through Draycott. You will pass the Cheddar Garden Centre and the Kart track followed by a nasty S bend. On exiting the bend, take an immediate left off the A371 at the "Welcome to Cheddar" sign into Labourham Way then another immediate left, slow to walking pace and you’ll see our large sign in front of you – simply take a sharp left through the gateway and follow the track into the carpark. Public transport: The bus stop is just a 10 minute walk away and will take to you either Weston Super Mare or Yatton train stations within an hour.

Nearest transport

Coach
6.7 mi Wells Bus Station
8.6 mi Airport Terminal
8.7 mi Glastonbury Town Hall
Rail
8.6 mi Worle Rail Station
8.8 mi Yatton Rail Station
9.2 mi Weston Milton Rail Station
Ferry
11 mi Weston-super-Mare Knightstone Harbour
12.8 mi Clevedon Pier
12.9 mi Bridgwater Ferry Terminal
Airport
8.6 mi Bristol International Airport
26.1 mi Cardiff International Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

There’s loads within walking distance of the campsite to keep you entertained. Fancy sampling local produce? Cheddar Ales Brewery, Tap Room and Shop (five minutes’ walk) has a range of award-wining ales. Walk a bit further on a Sunday morning and you’ll come to Cheddar Car Boot and Market (10 minutes), with a lakeside setting and lots of bric-à-brac to browse. Cheddar itself is a 10-minute meander along the Strawberry Line footpath, crossing the Cheddar Yeo river into the village, where there’s a posh pub (all the more reason to leave the car behind), a butcher, baker and supermarkets. A few more minutes’ stroll gets you to Kings Fitness and Leisure with a pool (handy for rainy days), Ocean Adventures Soft Play and sailing on the reservoir. Cheddar Gorge and Caves is a 20-minute amble from your door and is home to restaurants, a cheese factory, a cider mill and souvenir shops, as well as caverns and tunnels running deep under the Mendip Hills. A short car journey takes you to Wookey Hole Caves (15 minutes’ drive), with spectacular subterranean caverns and family entertainment like pirate ships and dinosaur trails. Wells (20 minutes) is the smallest city in England and has a landmark cathedral and a medieval bishop’s palace in moated gardens. Within half an hour’s drive you have a choice of sandy beaches: Weston-super-Mare, Burnham-on-Sea and Berrow, and at Mendip Activity Centre (20 minutes) you can learn to ski, go twilight tobogganing or play golf-frisbee on woodland trails.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Weston-Super-Mare Uphill Slipway 10.2 mi Estuary PoorPoorN/APoor
Weston Main 10.4 mi Estuary PoorN/APoorN/A
Berrow North Of Unity Farm 10.6 mi Estuary N/AExcellentGoodGood
Weston-Super-Mare Sand Bay 10.7 mi Estuary N/AN/AGoodGood
Brean 11 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Cheddar Caves & Gorge 1 mi

Wookey Hole Caves & Papermill 5.2 mi

Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve 6.1 mi

Wells Cathedral 6.8 mi

Glastonbury Abbey 8.7 mi

National Trust

King John's Hunting Lodge 2.4 mi

West Pennard Court Barn 10.9 mi

Clevedon Court 12.1 mi

Tyntesfield 12.2 mi

Stembridge Tower Mill 13.7 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Cheddar Gorge - Black Down - Rowberrow 0.8 mi

Charterhouse - Black Down - Velvet Bottom - Charterhouse 3.2 mi

Burrington Combe - Black Down - Rowberrow - Dolebury 4.1 mi

Burrington Combe - Rowberrow - Dolebury 4.1 mi

Winscombe 4.1 mi

Local events

  • Glastonbury Festival (Wednesday, 23 June 2027 – Wednesday, 23 June 2027)

    Glastonbury, Somerset 11 mi

  • Bristol International Balloon Fiesta (Friday, 7 August 2026 – Friday, 7 August 2026)

    Bristol, Greater Bristol 12.9 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Petruth Paddocks have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Petruth Paddocks dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Petruth Paddocks? There’s loads within walking distance of the campsite to keep you entertained. Fancy sampling local produce? Cheddar Ales Brewery, Tap Room and Shop (five minutes’ walk) has a range of award-wining ales. … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Petruth Paddocks?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Petruth Paddocks? From £30 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.